Talk:List of Arab–Israeli prisoner exchanges

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misleading title

Half the title is about Israel MIAs not the exchanges itself. --Shuki 22:24, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Um . . .

I know that the State of Israel has a small population, and also that all must serve in the military, but I don't understand what would make these families who fear terrorism so much be willing to release thousands of prisoners for one person. I can understand the individual family, but the entire Israeli population? Maybe they're just very passionate about their own lives. Which is good, becase it's nice to see them have a passion and understanding for the lives of someone, because they surely don't value the lives of anyone outside of themselves. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.35.11.39 (talk • contribs)

Yes, it is somewhat uncomprehendable why 'Israel' allows itself, time after time, to get suckered into massive lopsided 'prisoner exchanges', especially when we know that some of these free terrorists and criminals will come back and try to kill more Israelis. Nonetheless, many Israelis now see the absurdity of rewarding the terrorists. IMO, instead of exchanging current prisioners for 'POWs', Israel should have begun arresting new ones to use as pawns. --Shuki 22:14, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nessim Nisr, released 6/01/08

In exchange for "remains":

"Lebanese born Hezbollah spy, Nessim Nisr, gestures after being freed by the Israelis near the southern Lebanese town of Naqura on June 1. Simultaneously, the Shiite group returned the remains of some Israeli soldiers killed during the 2006 Hezbollah-Israeli conflict." (UPI )^[1]

"On 1 June, 2008, Israel released Nissim Nasser, an Israeli citizen of Lebanese descent who in 2002 had been convicted of spying for Hezbollah. Hezbollah responded to the release by handing over a box reportedly containing the remains of Israeli soldiers killed during the 2006 war." ^[2]

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Reference named "CNN":

From Hezbollah: Elise Labott and Henry Schuster (2006). "Lebanese media outlets' assets blocked". CNN.
From Amal Movement: Israeli troops suffer largest one-day loss - CNN July 27, 2006

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 12:23, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A new start?

I decided to completely rewrite the article because of its sad state. It was very unclear what was its subject (Israeli MIA's or prsononer exchanges?). Many of the links where dead. It was very incomplete. Some may think that I have just reduced it to a list of incidents, but I say that we now have at least that. It may not be complete though. I have restricted it to Israeli exchanges with "terrorist organizations", and excluded exchanges with Arab states. This restriction is of course not necessary. I hope that the article can grow and include more "analytical" sections, such as on the Israeli debate on the wisdom of refusing to return bodies of killed terrorists, then being forced to make deals with them, the Hannibal Directive, etc. Jokkmokks-Goran (talk) 21:02, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nice job. I will try to make some additions as well. I think a template on Israel's prisoner exchanges would be useful like the one's on notable terrorist attacks:Template:Terrorist attacks against Israelis in the 2000s. Plot Spoiler (talk) 22:37, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Another aspect worth covering is the German contribution to the negotiations. Yet another aspect would be the Israeli influence on Hizbollah thinking. My impression is that Hizbollah deeply respect (though are prepared to exploit it, to the full extent) the Israeli attitude towards its prisoners and dead bodies and has to a large extent copied it. Jokkmokks-Goran (talk) 00:58, 22 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

List or prose?

If the article is intended to be a list, it should be titled List of Israeli prisoner exchanges. Opinions are welcome. —Ynhockey ^(Talk) 11:14, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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[1] ttp://www.metimes.com/International/2008/06/02/hezbollah_israel_swap_spy_body_parts/5621/

[2] "Who are the Mid-East prisoners?". 2009-11-26.

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